European Neighbourhood Council (ENC)

Foreign Policy Research and Projects | Covering E. Europe, Balkans, Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia & MENA | Academic Council | 🇪🇺-funded | [email protected]

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

ENC is proud to be 🇪🇺 youngest think tank on foreign policy, with an average age of 25! We work hard to train our future youth activists, academics & journalists from #Accession #ENP 🇧🇾🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪🇦🇿🇦🇲🇹🇷🇦🇱🇲🇰🇲🇪🇧🇦🇷🇸🇽🇰🇸🇾🇱🇧🇮🇱🇵🇸🇯🇴🇬🇫🇪🇬🇱🇾🇩🇿🇲🇦+🇰🇿🇺🇿🇹🇲🇰🇬🇹🇯Happy International Youth Day #YouthDay

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

📢 1/ On 3 June, GEO-POWER-EU held an event titled "Moldova and Ukraine on the EU Accession Path amid War and Uncertainty." The event opened with remarks by Dr. Liubomir Chiriac, Executive Director of IDIS "Viitorul",  who noted that geographical integration and the fight against Russian aggression are interconnected processes essential to the security and democratic future of Eastern Europe. He emphasized that European integration remains a priority supported by the majority of the population, with recent data showing that nearly 64% of citizens support EU accession in 2026.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Thousands of Albanians again took to the streets of Tirana protesting against a development planned by a company linked with Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast

[The Times of Central Asia @thetimesoca]

In this opinion piece, we examine what Kyrgyzstan’s election to the UN Security Council reveals about the country’s evolving diplomacy and its growing ability to build support far beyond its immediate neighborhood.
https://t.co/LO1A1Uquhq

[OC Media @OCMediaorg]

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has spent 15 minutes highlighting the changes Armenians returning from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries would notice upon arriving in Armenia, pointing to developments implemented under his government.

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

📣 Starting now!
Join us online for our event titled "Moldova🇲🇩 and Ukraine🇺🇦 on the EU🇪🇺 accession path amid war and uncertainty".
Register here 🔗 https://t.co/hXWFYN04XP
#GEOPOWEREU #enlargement @EUinMoldova

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

📅 Happening this Wednesday!

Join us online or in person for our conference on 🇲🇩 and 🇺🇦 European path amid war and uncertainty.

We look forward to welcoming you on 3 June in Chișinău and online.
🔗 Registration: https://t.co/OwrLJc7LdI

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

🎙️GEOPOWER Talks – #Ep7 is out🔗https://t.co/SrJBt5SjCp
In this episode, @asumankubra is joined by @StojanovicSonja & M. Țurcanu to discuss how foreign investment shapes governance, accountability& political influence—from the Chișinău Airport concession🇲🇩 to mining projects in🇧🇦

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

📣New #GEOPOWEREU case study:The Chișinău Airport Concession
In this report,we examine how🇲🇩's airport was handed to a foreign-linked company through closed tender &shielded from oversight for years&how stronger transparency rules could have prevent it🔗https://t.co/5pz6epBUcX
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[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

👇🏼Join us in Chisinau🇲🇩 on June 3 for our GEO-POWER-EU hybrid event titled "Moldova and Ukraine on the EU🇪🇺Accession Path Amid War and Uncertainty ".
More ℹ️: https://t.co/hz67QcIieX
Registration (online/ofline): https://t.co/RYAq23IyVd
@EUinMoldova @GEOPOWER_EU

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

👇🏼Join us in Chisinau🇲🇩 on June 3 for our GEO-POWER-EU hybrid event titled "Moldova and Ukraine on the EU🇪🇺Accession Path Amid War and Uncertainty ".
More ℹ️: https://t.co/hz67QcIieX
Registration (online/ofline): https://t.co/RYAq23IyVd
@EUinMoldova @GEOPOWER_EU

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

🚨Upcoming Event
#GEOPOWEREU will hold a conference on 3 June in🇲🇩, organized by its project partner IDIS“Viitorul”.
The event will explore 🇲🇩&🇺🇦’s EU path amid war & uncertainty, focusing on the geopolitical pressures shaping their 🇪🇺 future
Registration: https://t.co/OwrLJc7doa

[Georgi Gotev & EUalive @GeorgiGotev]

New report reveals scale of Kremlin’s information warfare in Central Asia https://t.co/ARlXRcC9Qv @ENC_Europe

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

*The report was prepared by the
ENC. It was funded by the EU as part of the project “CARAVAN implemented by Internews. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the ENC, and Internews Europe, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

1/ What does foreign information manipulation look like in 🇰🇿 and 🇺🇿?
Our new report on FIMI in 🇰🇿 and 🇺🇿 tracked 3,008 narrative instances across 581,059 posts over 5 months. Let’s walk through some of the key findings. 🧵👇

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

5/ The report suggests investing in long-term resilience, strengthening 🇰🇿- & 🇺🇿-language media, expanding platform-native fact-checking, supporting independent monitoring & early warning systems, and rebuilding civil society capacity. 🔗 https://t.co/tqEhssDmlZ

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

*The report was prepared by the
ENC. It was funded by the EU as part of the project “CARAVAN implemented by Internews. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the ENC, and Internews Europe, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.

[European Neighbourhood Council (ENC) @ENC_Europe]

📣 New ENC report: “Information Under Pressure: #FIMI in  🇰🇿 &  🇺🇿” explores how Foreign Information Manipulation is reshaping the region’s information space, and highlights pathways to strengthen resilience, independent media, & informed public discourse🔗https://t.co/tqEhssDmlZ

[GEO-POWER-EU @GEOPOWER_EU]

1/ What does it look like when Western-backed investment reproduces the same dynamics as the corrosive capital it claims to counter? Our case study on the Vareš mining project in BiH🇧🇦 examines corrosive capital — and what it costs when the source is a liberal democracy. 🧵👇